L'actualité du capital social, de la vie en société et des options de société.
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The growth of depression
The consumption of antidepressants increases every year in Belgium. In 1996, there were some 390,000 patients on antidepressants; there were around 860,000 at the end of 2006, according to a statistical study by the Belgian Pharmaceutical Association (APB). The study notes the success of new generation antidepressants. It is estimated that every month 1,700 additional patients use drugs from this group. The majority of patients on antid...Read More >>
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| Civic engagement - France - Social crisis | ||
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France confronted with the contemporary world
It is curious that the French were so passionate about such an election that they participated massively. During this electoral campaign which ended in street incidents and the return of the rain, the candidates were flat, with rare exceptions, the intellectual level of the discussions left something to be desired (as evidenced for example by the comments made on the genetics and on May 1968…),...Read More >>
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The explosion of poverty in Western countries
1, Nearly a fifth of Greeks (19.6%) live below the poverty line, according to a study made public by the Greek Ministry of Economy. (Belga 01/18/2007).
2, The gap between the rich and the poor in the United States is increasingly wide and the number of people having fallen into extreme poverty has never been higher in 30 years, reported an American study published on Saturday . Nearly 16 million Americans (more than 5% of the total...Read More >>
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The ethnic politics of Leviathan (II)
The rector of Lyon, Alain Morvan, should today be dismissed from his functions and thus pay for his excessive freedom of tone (…). He will return to his chair as professor of English at the university. A snub for this man who allegedly failed to fulfill his duty of reserve as a senior civil servant. Alain Morvan had recently opposed the opening of the al-...Read More >>
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The ethnic policies of Leviathan (I)
1, Flanders will carry out the first official recognition of mosques in 2007, Flemish Minister of Civic Integration Marino Keulen said on Tuesday. This recognition, conditioned by the fight against extremism and the defense of a pluralist society, will be accompanied by subsidies for buildings. This concerns the implementation of the Flemish decree on the financing of religions, the man...Read More >>
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| Health - Social crisis - Values | ||
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Women in the West: liberation or manipulation?
The excessive sexualization of the image of women and even little girls in the media, advertising and marketing can have harmful psychological and physical effects on adolescents and young girls, according to a study released Tuesday. The American Psychological Association (APA) has released a report that analyzes some 300 studies published over the past 18 months, examining media, particularly television, movies, magazines and even song lyrics and body shapes. dol...Read More >>
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Schools sick from the social crisis
He did not die directly from the blows inflicted on him, but from a serious heart defect which made the stress endured by a banal squabble between college students fatal. The death Thursday evening in Meaux, in the Paris suburbs, of young Karl, who was 12 years old and had been molested by two classmates, nonetheless aroused strong emotion. This drama reignited the controversy over school violence all the m...Read More >>
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